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Who wrote "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"? |
Alex Haley |
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Who is known as The Queen of soul? |
Aretha Franklin |
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Who was the first African American woman to win the Academy Award? |
Hattie McDaniel |
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What group was made up of Diana Ross, Florence Ballard and Mary Wilson? |
The Supremes |
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What record company did Berry Gordy Jr create? |
Motown |
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What was the name of Bill Cosby in The Cosby Show? |
Dr. Cliff Huxtable |
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Who was the first African American to win an Oscar for best actor? |
Sidney Poitier |
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Roaring Twenties introduced an unprecedented outpouring of black art, literature and music. What was this period known as? |
Harlem Renaissance |
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What African American took jazz vocals to a new level and was called "The Devine One" |
Sarah Vaughan |
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Who Authored Roots? |
Alex Haley |
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Who Is the author of The Color Purple? |
Alice Walker |
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Who won a Tony Award for his performance in the Broadway Musical "Jelly's Last Jam"? |
Gregory Hines |
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What famous musician's trademark was puffing cheeks and a trumpet bell that pointed skyward? |
Dizzy Gillespie |
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Who won an Oscar for his role in the 1989 film Glory? |
Denzel Washington |
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The Four Tops, the Temptations, Martha and the Vandellas, and Mary Wells came from what city? |
Detroit |
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Who was the first black to win a Pulitzer Prize? |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
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Who founded the magazine Ebony? |
John H. Johnson |
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Who was the first black woman to own a TV studio? |
Oprah |
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Mary Leontyne Price Is famous for being: |
An opera singer |
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Who starred in the TV series "The Jeffersons"? |
Sherman Hemsley |
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Benjamin Banneker convinced what U.S. president that African Americans were intelligent and deserved to be free? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Starting with $1.50 in cash, what college did Mary McLeod Bethune found? |
Bethune-Cookman College |
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What did many associate with the term " Jim Crow"? |
Racial Segregation |
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CORE, SCLC and NAACP share what common goal? |
Equal Rights for African Americans |
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Approximately how many different products did George Washington Carver develop from peanuts? |
325 |
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Who was the principal at Tuskegee Institute who recruited and hired George Washington Carver? |
Booker T. Washington |
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What was the name of the influential antislavery newspaper published by Fredrick Douglas? |
The North Star |
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Charles Drew spearheaded the world's first: |
Blood bank program |
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What did the Freedom Riders seek to accomplish? |
To integrate travel and bus stations |
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What organization formed by Marcus Garvey promoted racial pride and self- improvement? |
Universal Negro Improvement Association |
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What was the name of Marcus Garvey's shipping company that was owned and operated entirely by blacks? |
Black Star Line |
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Charles Drew spearheaded the world's first... |
Blood Bank program |
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Barbara Jordan became the South's first African American to hold this political position... |
Congresswoman |
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Peculiar institution was a term that referred to... |
Slavery |
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Where did Martin Luther King jr. Other The Immortal words I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream? |
The Lincoln Memorial |
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In 1954, what landmark Supreme Court case did Thurgood Marshall help orchestrate? |
Brown versus Board of Education of Topeka |
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To what position was Colin Powell appointed making him the highest ranking military officer in first African American in the youngest man to hold this post? |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff |
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What African American was instrumental in the development of the city of Chicago? |
John Baptiste point DuSable |
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Who was the first African-American Supreme Court Justice? |
Thurgood Marshall |
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What African American Union organizer helped open the door for the US Congress to pass legislation outlawing job discrimination? |
Philip Randolph |
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What African American revolutionary led Colonial forces during the Boston Massacre in 1770, becoming the first to defy and the first to die? |
Crispus Attucks |
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What leading Crusader against Mansion founded the first black women's suffrage organization? |
Ida B Wells Barnett |
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What were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the West after the Civil War called? |
Buffalo Soldiers |
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Matthew Henson was famous for... |
Reaching the North Pole first |
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Who was elected to congress in 1944 and became the first congressperson to represent the District of Harlem? |
Adam Clayton Powell jr. |
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Who appointed Thurgood Marshall to US Supreme Court? |
Lyndon B Johnson |
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What internationally renowned actor has the u.s. passport revoked for the activities and left-wing unions the Progressive Party the Council of African Affairs and the national negro Congress? |
Paul Robeson |
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Harold Washington became in what cities first African American mayor? |
Chicago |
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Carol Moseley Braun was the first African American woman elected to us... |
The Senate |
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And what famous court case did the justices ruled that blacks are inferior class of beings who had no rights which the white man was bound to respect? |
Dred Scott case |
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Who founded an economic program called people United to save Humanity also known as Operation Push? |
Jesse Jackson |
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Who coordinated Operation Desert Storm? |
Colin Powell |
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Booker T Washington was the founder and president of the educational Institution? |
Tuskegee Institute |
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President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation in what year? |
1863 |
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What amendment to the Constitution State slavery should not exist in any part of the US? |
13th Amendment |
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What is the name of the first black Greek fraternity for college students? |
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity |
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What did madam CJ Walker invent in 1905 that was sold door-to-door? |
Hair Care preparation for African Americans |
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Who was the first African-American chosen as Miss America? |
Vanessa Williams |
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Who was the first African American to win a medal in the Winter Olympics? |
Debbie Thomas |
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Dorothy Height was the president of what organization? |
National Council of negro women |
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Who was the first African American to attend the u.s. Naval Academy? |
Henry Conyers |
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Who provided the voice of Darth Vader in the movie Star Wars? |
James Earl Jones |
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Who won the French Legion of Honor award for her work in entertaining the World War II allies? |
Josephine Baker |
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In 1972, who became the first woman candidate for president of the United States? |
Shirley Chisholm |
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Who was responsible for starting black history week? |
Carter G Woodson |
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Who received her pilot's license in 1922 making her the first African American woman Aviator? |
Bessie Coleman |
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What is the name of Oprah Winfrey's TV production company? |
Harpo |
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Dorie Miller responded quickly during what attack making him the first American hero of World War II? |
Attack on Pearl Harbor |
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What occupation do Iman Beverly Johnson and Naomi Campbell have in common? |
Fashion model |
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What was the name of the network of hiding places which helped slaves escape from freedom? |
Underground Railroad |
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The term Jumping the Broom refers to what? |
Wedding ceremony |
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Who wrote the song Lift Every voice and sing? |
James Weldon Johnson |
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What Harlem theater is a showcase for African-American Talent? |
Apollo |
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Kunta Kinte was one of the characters in what Alex Haley book? |
Roots |
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What is the stage name of female rapper Dana Owens? |
Queen Latifah |
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Who performed the world's first open heart surgery? |
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams |
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What African American astronaut died in the 1986 space shuttle disaster? |
Ronald McNair |
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Apollo 16 use an UltraViolet camera designed by what African American? |
George E Carruthers |
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What African American scientist recently discovered in new information on how genes are linked together? |
Percy Julian |
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Who was the first man to discover the North Pole and to plant the American flag there? |
Matthew Henson |
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Who patent a telephone transmitter that was bought by Bell Telephone? |
Granville T Woods |
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What inventor was instrumental in the development of automatic lubricators for machinery? |
Elijah McCoy |
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Where is Meharry Medical College located? |
Tennessee |
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Who invented the three-way traffic light? |
Garrett a Morgan |
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What notable scientists astronomer and inventor was commissioned to help lay out Washington DC? |
Benjamin Banneker |
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Who became the only African-American member of the famous Edison Pioneers Thomas Edison's collaborators? |
Lewis Howard Latimer |
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What breakthrough medical procedure was performed by dr. Daniel Hale Williams? |
Open heart surgery |
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What African American patented the corn Harvester? |
Henry T Blair |
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What inventor was instrumental in the development of automatic lubricator for machinery? |
Elijah McCoy |
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Who patented a telephone transmitter that was bought by Bell Telephone? |
Granville T Woods |
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What African American was called to assist a rescue effort for 6 workers trapped by a gas explosion using his patented itsmoke mask? |
Garrett a Morgan |
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Who used math to predict the eclipse of the Sun in 1789? |
Benjamin Banneker |
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Ronald McNair Charles Bolden in Frederick Gregory pursue what career? |
Astronaut |
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Who prepared the blueprints for Alexander Graham Bell's telephone? |
Lewis Latimer |
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Where was George Washington Carver's lab? |
Tuskegee Institute Alabama |
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Who was the first African American to head the center of Disease Control? |
David satcher |
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Who became the first African American US Surgeon General? |
Joycelyn elders |
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What professional baseball player finish his career with 755 home runs? |
Henry Aaron |
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What basketball Superstar became the first African American to manage a Major League sport team? |
Bill Russell |
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What female track star set world records in the 800m in the 200m dash? |
Florence Griffith Joyner |
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Who are the only two brothers to ever hold the heavyweight boxing title? |
Michael and Leon Spinks |
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Who became the first African American to win baseball's most valuable player award? |
Jackie Robinson |
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Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League Baseball for what team? |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
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Who was the first African American to lead the NFL in rushing? |
Jim Brown |
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What famous boxer was born with the name Cassius Clay? |
Muhammad Ali |
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The University of North Carolina was a starting point for the Chicago Bulls NBA great |
Michael Jordan |
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Who were the first African American to win the Heisman Trophy |
Ernie Davis |
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What position did Doug Williams play in 1988 Super Bowl? |
Quarterback |
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Which of the following African Americans was once ranked as the number one tennis player in the world? |
Arthur Ashe |
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Who was the first African-American heavyweight boxing champion? |
Jack Johnson |
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Who was the first African American elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame? |
Jackie Robinson |
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What NFL player elected to the Hall of Fame was the first African American to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court? |
Alan Page |
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Wilt Chamberlain scored a record-setting 100 points in 1962 while playing for what team? |
Philadelphia Warriors |
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Who became the first African American woman to win the prestigious Wimbledon singles title? |
Althea Gibson |
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In 1988 Debbie Thomas won a medal in which Olympic event? |
Figure skating |
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What running backs are passed Jim Brown's rushing record of 12312 yards? |
Walter Payton |
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Jackie Robinson began and ended his major league baseball career with what team? |
Brooklyn Dodgers |
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Who became the first black player the quarterback at Super Bowl team to Victory? |
Doug Williams |
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What professional boxer was stripped of his title by the world boxing Association after he was convicted of draft evasion? |
Muhammad Ali |
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Who is the NFL's all-time career rushing leader? |
Walter Payton |
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On May 25th 1935 who said World Records in three different track events? |
Jesse Owens |
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What African American female athlete won three gold medals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics? |
Florence Griffith Joyner |
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For what baseball team did Ernie Banks play? |
Chicago Cubs |
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Earvin Magic Johnson play for what college basketball team? |
Michigan State |
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Who was known as dr. J? |
Julius Erving |
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For what professional sports team did Meadowlark Lemon play? |
Harlem Globetrotters |
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Who was the first African American Teenager to win the junior girls singles tennis title at Wimbledon? |
Zina Garrison |
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What is basketball star Michael Jordan's nickname? |
Air Jordan |
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What track star won four gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics? |
Carl Lewis |
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What is the name of the first black sorority founded in 1908 at Howard University? |
Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Incorporated |
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What does HBCU stand for? |
Historically black colleges and universities |
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What is the name of the annual award given by the NAACP for outstanding achievement by an African-American? |
The Spingarn medal |
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Who was the first African American to win the Nobel prize for literature? |
Toni Morrison |
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Who was the 44th President of the United States? |
Barack Obama |
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Who was the first black billionaire in the founder of BET? |
Robert L Johnson |
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Who was the first black mayor of Atlanta? |
Maynard Jackson |
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Who was the first African American female to serve as Secretary of State? |
Condoleezza Rice |
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What is the name of the African American playwright who wrote A Raisin in the Sun? |
Lorraine Hansberry |
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Who was the first African American female senator? |
Carol Mosely Braum |
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Who was the first black actress who appeared in Roots in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman? |
Cicely Tyson |
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What were the laws called that separated blacks and whites in almost all aspects of life? |
Jim Crow laws |
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Who was the first African American to appear on a u.s. coin? |
Duke Ellington |
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What is the act of uniting and bringing together people of different races called? |
Integration |
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Who was the first African American female in space? |
May Jamison |
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Who was considered the queen of gospel insane precious Lord take my hand Martin Luther King funeral procession? |
Mahalia Jackson |
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Who was the first black to perform at Metropolitan Opera? |
Marian Anderson |
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Who was the first black woman with the statue in the US Capitol? |
Sojourner Truth |
